Bail set at $1G for Lowell man on assault charges

LOWELL -- When Lowell police responded to a Royal Street apartment Saturday, they say they found a broken front door, a mattress on the kitchen floor, a large hole in a wall and the alleged victim curled up in the fetal position in the bedroom.

In Lowell District Court Monday, prosecutor Christopher Minue asked for $10,000 cash bail, noting that not only were the allegations of assault against Joseph P. Frost serious, but this is his fifth arrest for assault involving the same alleged victim.

Frost pleaded not guilty to charges of domestic assault and battery and assault. Judge Elizabeth Cremens set Frost's bail at $1,000 cash with conditions that he have no contact with the alleged victim, abide by a one-year restraining order and stay at least 100 yards away from the victim.

Minue alleged that a witness called police when he heard a woman screaming, "Please don't kill me." When police arrived, they say they saw Frost sitting on the front steps of the apartment building. Frost told police he was assaulted by his girlfriend.

The alleged victim told police, "He's going to kill me."

She told police she and Frost had been drinking at a party when Frost left to get more beer. The alleged victim left the party with a male friend and returned to her apartment, where she fell asleep on the couch and the friend took the bed, the prosecutor said. When Frost got home he began to insult the alleged victim, who went to the bedroom. Frost allegedly removed the mattress from the bed with her on it and then threw it on top of her.

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Frost allegedly began breaking things and put a large hole in the wall, the prosecutor said.

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